Drinking-cup and container.



S. H. NUCKOLLS.

DRINKING CUP AND CONTAINER.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 15. I916.

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glvwamtoz as Perrier ornron SAMUEL H. NUCKOLLS, 0F ATLANTA, GEORGIA.

DRINKING-CUP AND CONTAINER.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed November 15, 1916. Serial No. IMAGE.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SAMUEL H. NUoKoLLs, a citizen of the United Statesof America, residing at Atlanta, in the county of Fulton and State ofGeorgia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Drinking-Cups and Containers, of which the following is a speeificationl Myinvention relates to containers put up in pad or book form and it hasforits ob- .ject the provision of containers such as a drinking cup and thelike put in such form as to be particularly useful to motorists.

Further objects and advantages of the invention will be set forth in thedetailed description which now follows:

In the accompanying drawing,

Figure 1 is a perspective View of a pad of containers adapted for use asdrinking cups and showing the pad closed.

'Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the shown in Fig. l but with the coverof pad raised and partly broken away.

Like numerals designate corresponding parts in all of the figures of thedrawing.

Referring to the drawing it Wlll be seen that the invention comprises apad having covers 5 and 6 and a binding strip 7 of flexible materialwhich unites the covers 5 and 6 and constitutes a hinged element forcover 5. The drinking cups are indicated at 8 and a plurality of thesecups is held in the padded formation shown by staples or other'bindmgmeans 9 of usual and well-known form.

Each of the drinking cups comprises a front wall 10 and a rear wall 11and the front walls of each of the cups is cut away as indicated at 12.A line of perforations 13 provides a weakened portion to enable the bodyportions of the cups to be readily detached from the portions held bythe staples 9 and it is to he noted that these lines of perforationsadjacent the outer edges of the cup pass through both the front and therear walls of the cup across the portions 14 of said cups but thatbetween these portions 14;, the perforations pass through only the rearwalls of the cups because the cut-away portions extend below the line ofthe perforations. Thus the cutaway portion 12; serves pad the the triplefunction of so relating the parts that the cups are secured by doublestrength attachment adjacent their outer edges so that it requires adecided pull to separate the cups from the pad but after this separationhas started the resistance thereto is ma terially reduced by thecut-away portion; enabling the user to readily separate the front andrear walls of the cup because it causes the rear walls to projectoutwardly beyond the front walls and thereby provides a portion adaptedto be engaged by the thumb or thumb nail to aid in opening the cup andin addition provides one smooth edge to be placed between the lips ofthe user, it being apparent that a serratededge would be oh jectionablein this relation.

If desired a rubber band 21 may be secured to one of the covers andserve as means for holding the pad in closed condition.

I am aware of the fact that paper drinking cups are well-known but it amnot aware of the factthat they have ever before been associated as shownin the accompanyin drawing and set forth in the appended claims.

Having described my invention what I claim is 1. A device of thecharacter described, comprising a plurality of drinking cups of paperarranged in superimposed relation, covers upon the opposite sides ofsaid drinking cups, binding strips uniting said covers, binding memberspassing through said drinking cups and weakened portions extendingacross said drinkin cups to render the outer portions thereof etachablefrom the portions that are connected to the pad, each of said drinkingcups comprising a front wall and a rear wall, one of said walls beingcentrally cut away, said cutaway portion extending below said line ofperforations so that along the center of the clip the perforationsextend through only one of the walls of the cups but extend through bothof I t the walls of the cups adjacent the outer edges thereof.

2. In a device of the character described, the combination with aplurality of containers folded to fiat form and arranged inPatented'hpr. MD, WW;

ad formation, and covers for said pad, each In testimony whereof I affixmy signature of said COIltiEiIlGIi confiariosing front aid rear inpresence of two Witnesses. Walls one 0 sai Wa s eing centi'a cut- 1 awayand each of said containers being pro- SAMUEL NUGLOLLS vided with a lineof perforations extending Witnesses: thei'eacross in a plane above thelower edge 1*. I. IIncKoLLs of said cutaway portion. LEO Snnnnnmu

